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English painter, born in Purley~on~Thames, near Pangbourne, Berkshire ~ studied at Byam Shaw School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools ~ best known for highly detailed tempera still lifes ~

Eliot Hodgkin ~ 1905~1987

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2019-06-17

The first four bridges of are going to be lit this summer. Visit the Guildhall Art Gallery to see original architectural drawings and animations of the project displayed alongside historic Thames paintings. https://t.co/vUvQpZoOms

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2019-06-13

This view looking north west across the Thames at low tide captures Labelye’s Westminster Bridge before c. 1770. To the right a line of buildings runs back to Derby Court – once the London residence of the Earl of Derby. Image © Trustees of

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2019-06-13

John Minton poster of the River Thames for London Transport

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2019-06-11

A minutes silence of you please to remember the 'Putney Disaster' of October 20th 1786, when a dopey local clergyman crashed his cart into the Thames, taking his wife with him for an unexpected second baptism

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2019-06-02

Good Day!
The River Thames at Hammersmith by Eric Ravilious 1932
(© The Estate of Eric Ravilious)

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2019-06-01

JONATHAN TRIM Venue 40 Leigh Art Trail 2019 Exhibition of work based on Thames Estuary. PV Friday 7th June 7pm ongoing through the week until 15th June.

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2019-06-01

🚨 Borough project update! The following four southwestern boroughs will be added to the collection next week:

HOUNSLOW
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
MERTON
RICHMOND UPON THAMES

Here's a map showing how I've progressed with my project so far. Visit https://t.co/kEY3Q8Vzes

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2019-06-01

Old Waterloo Bridge viewed from the terrace of Somerset House before the construction of Victoria Embankment. In total Bazalgette’s Thames embankment scheme of the 1860s reclaimed 22 acres of land from the river. Image © Trustees of the

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2019-05-28

“Blackwall Yard” by Francis Holman

On the north bank of the Thames near Greenwich in 1784s. The 74 on the stocks in the middle is thought to be HMS Venerable. She will go on to be Admiral Duncan's flagship at the Battle of Camperdown

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2019-05-17

Thames Barrier Greenwich

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2019-05-15

A Mandarin duck,on the Thames,this morning.

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2019-04-30

I started binging and was lucky enough to catch a live broadcast this Monday. Now have a work for Ben struggling internally after painting with a womans gore. What do you do when your sire goes mad?

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2019-04-25

“The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” ~ Sir David Attenborough.

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2019-04-23

The final chapters of Thames Through Time volume 4 turn to the medieval and post-medieval countryside, highlighting the regional variation in settlement patterns and farming strategies in different parts of the Thames Valley.

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2019-04-11

Shades of Canaletto here with this Venetian-style portrait of the River Thames, with Somerset House to the left and St Paul's Cathedral dominating the background skyline, by Thomas Malton, (1796)

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2019-04-11

It's always hard to pick a favourite but we do appreciate a good map. This is a map of Harpsden dated 1586 - we love the extra details of the boat and swans on the river Thames.

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2019-04-05

A view of HMS Discovery once a support vessel for Captain Cook's third voyage but now a rat-infested convict ship moored alongside the Thames at downriver from (1828) - she was finally broken up in 1834

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2019-03-26

🚨 London Borough project news! 🚨

Work on the project is continuing and I've decided that the next four additions to the collection (hopefully by May) shall be:

HOUNSLOW
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES
MERTON
RICHMOND-UPON-THAMES

Visit the collection here 👉🏻 https://t.co/kEY3Q8Vzes

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2019-03-23